Chapter Summaries

Tsubasa persuaded the Senju family to modernize their businesses with a premium weapon shop focused on attractive design, attentive service, quality control, and publicity. His grandfather appointed him to lead the transformation, and Tsubasa prepared to begin construction in disguise as Hashirama Senju.

• Tsubasa explained how new commercial powers were challenging established Konoha businesses and proposed innovation, customer loyalty, and cooperation with other families.
• Tsubasa laid out plans to renovate the Senju weapon shop, train its employees, guarantee weapon quality, and promote the family brand.
• Senju Yasuhei appointed Tsubasa commander in chief of the family's business transformation, while Tenpuku voiced doubts about trusting such a young child.
• Tenmei supported Tsubasa's plans, and the family cleared out the weapon shop after dinner.
• Tsubasa transformed into Hashirama Senju and prepared to flatten the courtyard compound to begin construction.

Tsubasa used Earth, Water, and Wood Release techniques to build and furnish the Divine Weapon Pavilion, astonishing his family and the gathered crowd. After Senju Yasuhei sent the onlookers away, the family toured the completed shop and eagerly anticipated its opening.

• Tsubasa demolished the old courtyard, leveled and hardened the land, then built a five-story Divine Weapon Pavilion with a shop below and a villa above.
• Senju Yasuhei explained the renovation to the crowd and invited them to visit when the shop reopened before persuading them to leave.
• Tsubasa used Shadow Clones and glowing runes to light the Pavilion, impressing Tenmei and the rest of his family with its decor.
• The family toured the first floor’s weapon displays, testing areas, customization room, workshop, and rest area.
• The family explored the premium weapon displays and auction room on the second floor, then admired the individually displayed wooden divine weapons on the third floor.

Tsubasa showed his family their luxurious new home, where Chakra-powered runes made everyday comforts and a safe training ground possible. His family explored the villa and chose rooms, ending the chapter delighted and grateful for the life he had created.

• Tsubasa led his family onto the fourth level and showed them its garden terrace, pool, entertainment area, and modern villa.
• Senju Yasuhei, Tenpuku, Tenmei, and the seven mothers admired the home, its furnishings, and its individually decorated rooms.
• Tsubasa explained that he could use Ninjutsu and runes to change the rooms, and the mothers tested the Chakra-powered lights, faucet, and stove.
• Tsubasa showed his family the rune-protected training ground on the top floor and said its barriers could withstand Clan Head Level attacks.
• The family felt grateful to Tsubasa as they explored the villa and discovered more of its features.

Tsubasa transformed the Senju family’s businesses into three elaborate buildings, including the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Tower and Medicine King Pavilion. The next day, Konoha’s villagers flocked to see the new landmarks and heard that the First Hokage had created them overnight.

• Tsubasa used Ninjutsu and Sealing Jutsu to build and decorate the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Tower for his family’s businesses.
• Tsubasa showed Kaidō Senju the tower’s hot spring resort and explained its facilities and sealing systems.
• Tsubasa outfitted Ame Senju’s wine cellar, Nanshin Senju’s clothing shop, Dō Senju’s restaurant, Gi Senju’s hotel, and In Senju’s gambling floor.
• Tsubasa built Medicine King Pavilion for Senju Yasuhei and furnished it as a pharmacy and treatment center.
• The next day, Konoha’s villagers gathered to admire the three buildings and spread news that the First Hokage had created them overnight.

Konoha celebrated Senju Yasuhei’s sixtieth birthday at the newly built Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Tower, with clans and dignitaries gathering for the banquet. The festivities proceeded smoothly, and Yasuhei regarded the celebration as a sign of Konoha’s unity and prosperity.

• Three luxurious buildings appeared on Hokage Street, and villagers learned that Hashirama Senju had created them with his Ninjutsu.
• The Senju Clan prepared the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Tower for Yasuhei’s birthday, opening its hot spring entertainment center to the public and arranging extensive security.
• Senju Tenpuku, Senju Ga, Tenmei, Dō Senju, Tsubasa, Gi Senju, In Senju, Ame Senju, Kaidō Senju, and Nanshin Senju organized the welcoming, food, drinks, tours, and service.
• Uchiha Tomioki, Tennin Hyuga, other clan leaders, the Land of Fire’s daimyo, and noble family heads arrived with birthday gifts.
• Hashirama Senju, Mito Uzumaki, and Tobirama Senju arrived last and joined the guests in greeting the hosts.
• The guests congratulated Yasuhei, signed in, and took their seats; Senju Tenpuku thanked them before the banquet began, while Yasuhei reflected on the village’s unity and prosperity.

Tsubasa hosted Senju Yasuhei’s sixtieth birthday banquet, where guests enjoyed an elaborate feast and Yasuhei spoke about his family’s losses and the recent assassination attempt. Yasuhei ended by calling for peace and giving guests VIP cards for the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Tower.

• Tsubasa welcomed the guests, announced the banquet, and introduced the dishes as they were served and praised.
• Tsubasa raised a toast to Senju Yasuhei’s health and to the happiness of the Land of Fire and Konoha.
• Senju Yasuhei thanked the guests and asked them to look after Tsubasa, then recalled his life as a fighter and the deaths of six of his seven sons.
• Senju Yasuhei said the Shinozuka Clan and Yamamoto Clan had been wiped out after their members tried to assassinate Tsubasa, but urged everyone to let past grudges go.
• Senju Yasuhei announced that his family would distribute VIP membership cards for the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Tower and toasted peace and prosperity.

At the banquet, Tsubasa played with Hyuga Muyan, Uchiha Uguisu, and the other children while Senju Yasuhei revealed that Tsubasa planned to marry seven wives, complicating his engagement to Biwako. Several clan leaders secretly overheard and began plotting to prevent the Senju marriage and protect their influence in Konoha.

• Hyuga Muyan and Uchiha Uguisu argued over Tsubasa before persuading him to watch their teams play a ninja game.
• After the teams competed, Tsubasa joined the children and enjoyed playing with them.
• Senju Yasuhei told Mito Uzumaki that Tsubasa had vowed to marry seven wives to continue the lines of his deceased uncles.
• Mito Uzumaki and Senju Yasuhei set aside Tsubasa and Biwako's engagement while she went to discuss the matter with her husband.
• Uchiha Tomioki and Uchiha Setsuna discussed stopping the marriage, and Tomioki ordered Setsuna to gather information about girls Tsubasa's age.
• Tennin Hyuga and a Hyuga elder also decided to undermine the marriage, as clan leaders began plotting against the union.

Tsubasa expanded the Senju Clan’s businesses across Konoha, turning its restaurant, hot spring complex, hotel, luxury store, casino, weapons pavilion, and medicine pavilion into lucrative ventures. After one month, the family had risen from debt to become one of the Land of Fire’s wealthiest, while demand for its exclusive goods and services continued to outstrip supply.

• Tsubasa’s restaurant and hot spring complex drew overwhelming crowds, prompting advance bookings and giving rise to ticket scalpers.
• Gi Senju led experiments at the winery, producing new drinks that began to win customers, while the Phoenix Tower Hotel’s membership system attracted 120,000 members in a month.
• Tsubasa developed a luxury brand store and established casino rules that limited the house to charging commissions and barred it from gambling.
• Tsubasa inscribed water- and earth-nature runes on weapons and armor, and the Demon God Set sold to the Land of Fire’s daimyo for ten billion ryo.
• Tsubasa packaged the Senju Secret Medicine as Nine Revolutions Life-Saving Pills, selling one a day for one hundred million ryo despite demand exceeding supply.
• Tsubasa looked over Konoha’s prosperity and recognized that the Senju family had gone from debt to great wealth in a month.

Senju Yasuhei arranged several marriages for Tsubasa with the Hyuga, Uchiha, daimyo, and Uzumaki families, turning him into a focus of Konoha’s clan politics. The new alliances strengthened the Senju but left smaller clans resentful, and the struggle among the great clans continued in a new form.

• After clans across Konoha sought marriage alliances with the Senju, Tennin Hyuga negotiated a match between Hyuga Muyan and Tsubasa, securing an agreement that neither she nor her children would receive the Caged Bird Seal.
• Senju Yasuhei and the family agreed to Uchiha Tomioki’s proposal, and Uchiha Uguisu became Tsubasa’s second-branch bride.
• The daimyo’s wife arranged for Princess Flying Swallow to marry Tsubasa, and Chen Shenji later secured a betrothal between Tsubasa and Chen Zhiyun.
• After Biwako revealed her romance with Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mito Uzumaki arranged a match between Tsubasa and her niece Uzumaki Gessei.
• Ame Senju and In Senju worried that their branches had no daughters-in-law, while Senju Yasuhei assured them that Tsubasa might bring more matches himself.
• The five powerful families’ ties to Tsubasa intensified Konoha’s clan rivalries, leaving smaller clans resentful and the outcome of the alliances uncertain.

Tsubasa enjoyed a lively life with his five young fiancées, who admired and cared for him. While walking to the Senju Clan Compound with Tian Yueqing, he met Biwako, whose jealousy grew after Tian Flying Swallow defended him.

• Tsubasa spent his days with the five girls, telling them stories, singing, teaching them, and caring for Tian Flying Swallow after she fell.
• Tsubasa walked with Tian Yueqing toward the Senju Clan Compound to study Sealing Jutsu and encountered Biwako on Hokage Street.
• Biwako teased Tsubasa about having five wives, and he joked that she could help find someone to fill his two remaining places.
• Biwako asked Tsubasa for a seven-star membership, but he explained that only two memberships remained and his grandfather controlled them.
• Tian Flying Swallow joined Tsubasa and Tian Yueqing, told Biwako not to make things difficult for him, and prompted Biwako to leave in a jealous huff.

Hashirama Senju taught Tsubasa the Summoning Technique and helped him sign the Shikkotsu Forest contract. After reassuring his worried family and fiancées, Tsubasa summoned himself to the sacred ground to cultivate.

• Hashirama Senju summoned Katsuyu and had Tsubasa sign the Shikkotsu Forest contract after learning that Tsubasa had a Perfect Sage Body.
• Tsubasa asked to cultivate in Shikkotsu Forest, and Hashirama warned him about its isolation, sparse food, and difficult return journey.
• Tsubasa told his family he planned to leave, and they prepared food and supplies while his mothers, father, grandfather, and fiancées expressed concern.
• Tsubasa reassured Tian Flying Swallow, Tian Muyan, Tian Uguisu, Tian Zhiyun, and Tian Yueqing that he would return, then used the Summoning Technique to depart for Shikkotsu Forest.
• Tsubasa's family and fiancées watched him disappear and resolved to cultivate while waiting for his return.

Sasuke Sarutobi gathered Konoha’s clan heads to discuss how to counter the Ten family’s booming businesses, but they admitted they could not match its products, services, or technology. The meeting ended with Shikaboshi Nara urging restraint, while Dansuke Shimura remained resentful and eager to retaliate.

• Sasuke Sarutobi convened the clan heads, and Dansuke Shimura demanded revenge after Senju Yasuhei insulted him and rejected a marriage alliance.
• Shikaboshi Nara urged the clan heads to avoid violence and focus on the Ten family’s business advantage.
• Ryosuke Sato, Eiichi Yamazaki, Chozan Akimichi, Kenzan Uzuki, and Yohei Mito described how the Medicine King Pavilion, Phoenix Tower, and Divine Weapon Pavilion outperformed their businesses with products and techniques they could not reproduce.
• Sasuke Sarutobi and Hikaru Aoki acknowledged that the Phoenix Tower’s inns and luxury goods had also eclipsed their businesses.
• Shikaboshi Nara advised the clans to lie low, and warned Dansuke Shimura that Tobirama Senju would not tolerate sabotage.
• Sasuke Sarutobi ended the meeting and the clan heads departed, while Dansuke Shimura stayed behind, seething with resentment.

Tsubasa arrived in Shikkotsu Forest and learned from a small slug that the mountain range beneath him was the Katsuyu Sage’s enormous main body. He cultivated in the forest’s abundant natural energy, then transformed the area into a home while the Katsuyu Sage watched with curiosity.

• Tsubasa followed a small slug to a stone platform, where she revealed that the white mountain range was the Katsuyu Sage’s main body and that her pressure had driven away or killed the forest’s animals.
• The small slug told Tsubasa that his Perfect Sage Body protected him from the pressure and that he could absorb nature energy without a special Senjutsu cultivation method.
• Tsubasa cultivated on the stone platform and found that nature energy was more than ten times denser than at the Senju Clan Compound.
• Tsubasa cut down trees, cleared the surrounding vegetation with Earth Release, and built a luxurious villa with help from Shadow Clones.
• The Katsuyu Sage’s enormous main body stirred and watched Tsubasa relax beside the villa’s swimming pool.

After two months training and exploring in Shikkotsu Forest, Tsubasa returned to Konoha and discovered his spiritual energy had reached Clan Head Level. He reunited with Hashirama Senju, Mito Uzumaki, and Tian Yueqing, then learned how his family had been doing before deciding to return to the forest after one day.

• Tsubasa explored Shikkotsu Forest, endured the Katsuyu Sage's periodic mental pressure, and found that it strengthened his mental power.
• Tsubasa asked the Katsuyu Sage to send him home, and he returned to the Senju Clan Compound after discovering jade-like stones beneath her departing body.
• Hashirama Senju sensed Tsubasa's Clan Head Level spiritual energy and lamented that Tsubasa had returned a day too late for their bet.
• Mito Uzumaki welcomed Tsubasa home, while Tian Yueqing asked to accompany him to Shikkotsu Forest and learned that its pressure would be deadly without a Perfect Sage Body.
• Tsubasa told Mito Uzumaki and Hashirama Senju he would return to Shikkotsu Forest after one day, hoping to learn medicine from Grandpa first.
• On their way home, Tian Yueqing told Tsubasa how the younger women had been training or studying, and he promised to keep working hard for everyone's sake.

Tsubasa reunited with his family, began studying medicine and ores, and shared food and stories with them. He promised to visit every three months before returning to his training with Katsuyu Sage.

• Tsubasa asked Senju Yasuhei to teach him medicine, and his grandfather gave him books on herbs and medicinal properties.
• Tsubasa showed Senju Yasuhei a milky-white ore, which his grandfather identified as high-grade chakra metal and warned him not to risk offending Katsuyu Sage over it.
• Tsubasa asked Senju Ga for books about ores and shared exotic fruits from Shikkotsu Forest with his family.
• Tsubasa told his five fiancées the story of the Sage of Six Paths and promised to come back often.
• Tsubasa told his mothers he would return every three months, accepted food from Senju Ga, and vanished from the villa after saying goodbye.

Tsubasa befriended the Katsuyu Sage by inviting her into his home, teaching her about human life, and sharing food with her. Their growing companionship left the Katsuyu Sage wishing to become human so she could stay with Tsubasa forever.

• The Katsuyu Sage confessed that she had damaged Tsubasa’s house while exploring it, and Tsubasa invited her to visit and try his cooking.
• Tsubasa rebuilt the house while the Katsuyu Sage watched and asked to learn his house-building Ninjutsu, but she realized she could not form Hand Seals or take human form.
• Tsubasa promised to seek transformation techniques for the Katsuyu Sage at Ryūchi Cave once he was stronger, then showed her around the villa and served her human delicacies.
• The Katsuyu Sage enjoyed bathing and sleeping in the bedroom Tsubasa had made for her, and she shared his meals through one of her clones.
• Tsubasa and the Katsuyu Sage became close companions, and the Katsuyu Sage began wishing to become human and live happily with him.

Katsuyu Sage told Tsubasa how Asura had built the barrier around Shikkotsu Forest to protect wildlife from her immense spiritual pressure, and how a mysterious red bead transformed her cultivation. Tsubasa learned about her cultivation routine and continued practicing medicine and forging, while planning to seek ways to form a Golden Core and take human form.

• Katsuyu Sage recounted how Asura fought her, learned that her spiritual pressure was killing nearby animals, and built a barrier to protect them while keeping her contained.
• Katsuyu Sage explained that a red bead had condensed her spiritual energy into liquid and enabled her body to grow enormous.
• Tsubasa learned how Katsuyu Sage cultivated spiritual power, absorbed moonlight to nourish her soul, and drew energy from the chakra metal beneath her resting place.
• Tsubasa concluded that Katsuyu Sage's cultivation focused on growing larger rather than forming a Golden Core, and planned to seek cultivation methods at Ryūchi Cave or Mount Myōboku.
• Tsubasa studied pharmaceutical theory and practiced making pills, while also forging a crescent-shaped blade from ore Katsuyu Sage had found.
• Katsuyu Sage tested Tsubasa's Rejuvenation Pill and praised its improvement, while Tsubasa resolved to refine it further.

Over three years, Tsubasa helped transform the Medicine King Pavilion and expand the Phoenix Tower into the Land of Fire’s dominant business, while Konoha enjoyed a peaceful period. When Hashirama Senju fell gravely ill, he named Tsubasa the new head of the Senju Clan, leaving the chapter with the clan accepting its new leader.

• Tsubasa developed powerful medicines and unusual weapons, transforming the Medicine King Pavilion and divine weapons shop.
• Tsunade was born in August of Konoha’s eighth year, and Hashirama Senju celebrated her as Konoha’s future hope.
• Tian Flying Swallow expanded the Phoenix Tower across the Land of Fire with the daimyo’s support, while Tsubasa helped establish branches and supermarkets in more than a hundred cities.
• The Ten Family divided the Phoenix Tower’s profits among the Land of Fire, Hokage Village, the Senju Clan, and itself, gaining protection and support for the business.
• In February of Konoha’s eleventh year, Hashirama Senju grew gravely ill, while Tobirama Senju’s experiments with Hashirama Cells killed more than a hundred Senju Clan members.
• Hashirama Senju entrusted Tsubasa with leadership of the Senju Clan, and the people in the room knelt to greet him as their new clan head.

Hashirama Senju asked Tsubasa to protect the Senju Clan and help look after Konoha, then asked him to care for Tsunade and let her choose her own marriage when she grew up. Hashirama died after urging the clan to support Tsubasa, leaving the Senju facing internal conflict over its new clan head.

• Hashirama Senju named Tsubasa clan head and asked him to help protect Konoha, and Tsubasa agreed.
• Hashirama asked Tsubasa to marry Tsunade, but Tsubasa promised to care for her and let her decide for herself when she was grown.
• Hashirama asked Mito Uzumaki to support Tsubasa, while warning her that Tobirama Senju's pride could harm the clan.
• Akira Senju and Tobirama Senju demanded that Tsubasa hand over the clan inheritance sealing scroll, but Tsubasa refused and defended his authority as clan head.
• Hashirama gave Tsunade a crystal necklace and urged the clan to support Tsubasa before dying, as Tsubasa, Tsunade, Biwako, and Akira mourned.

Tsubasa lost the vote for Senju clan head and handed the token and scroll to Akira Senju, choosing not to challenge the result. Senju Yasuhei explained that the elders opposed Tsubasa because they believed a Senju shinobi should die on the battlefield, leaving Tsubasa worried that Tobirama and Akira would lead the clan into war.

• Tobirama Senju called a council and argued that Tsubasa, as a branch family member, could not inherit the clan leadership and sealing inheritance.
• Tsubasa proposed a vote, and Akira Senju won by two votes.
• Tsubasa yielded the clan head's token and scroll to Akira, telling his supporters that resisting the result would betray Hashirama's wishes.
• Mito Uzumaki left the hall as Akira began to speak, while Tobirama studied the sealing scroll with unease.
• Tsubasa walked home with Senju Yasuhei and said he feared Tobirama and Akira would lead the Senju into war.
• Senju Yasuhei admitted he voted against Tsubasa because the elders valued dying in battle and believed Tsubasa's peaceful outlook conflicted with their old rule.